Last year, Elephant & Castle-born Lola Odujinrin became the first pilot of African descent to fly solo around the world. But even before his record-breaking journey, he had to cross all sorts of borders… ‘I know I’m the last person you’d expect to have flown around the world. I was born in south London to a family…

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If you could recall a post we created on September 9, 2017 about Ademilola “Lola” Odujinrin receiving the ODAA Awards. Well the date has finally been picked and the venue also. In case you don’t know ODAA (pronounced HO-THER) is a Yoruba word which means “VERY GOOD”. The award is meant for people who have in…

We were created for meaningful work, and one of life’s greatest pleasures is the satisfaction of a job well done. John C Maxwell. Ademilola “Lola” Odujinrin has made the HuffingtonPost Newspaper again in less than 10 months this year 2017. HuffPost (formerly The Huffington Post and sometimes abbreviated HuffPo) is a liberal American news and opinion website and blog that now has both localized and international…

Hillary Clinton once said “Life is too short to dwell on what might have been.” Ademilola “Lola” Odujinrin has made the news again and this time around it’s the Voice Newspaper. The Voice, founded in 1982, is the only British national black weekly newspaper operating in the United Kingdom. It is owned by The Gleaner Company Limited and publisher,…

Who are they? #HeroesandHelmets is a passion project from Toyin Adebola, the Founder of Out of Naija supported by GWR (Guinness World Record) holder Carl Reese and Brad Barker of The Ride of My Life from the United States of America. Toyin Adebola is an accomplished adventurer who has covered over 50,000km on his motorcycle adventures, covering 17 countries. #HeroesandHelmets will celebrate Nigeria’s service men and women who…

A SOUTH London pilot who completed a solo flight around the globe has now set his sights on breaking the world altitude record for a propeller aircraft. Lola Odujinrin battled storms in Australia, electrical failures over the Atlantic and accusations of being a spy to reach home in March after an epic nine- month trip…

“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” … Aristotle As a reward for his numerous exploits and…

Dreams do come true … I did it on the 29th June 2016. The first African to fly solo around the world and in an aircraft half the size of an average family car. It only washed over me once I’d finally landed. The dangers I’d faced, the challenges I overcame, the strength I found.…

In the words of Lupita Nyong’o, everyone’s dreams are valid, and that is what Nigerian pilot Ademilola Odujinrin has proven. In March this year, he became the first African pilot in history to fly solo around the world. He completed the entire journey in a Cirrus SR22, stopping in more than 15 countries on five continents, then returning to Washington…